so london spread out. no, i tell you the $1000.00 square foot lama to urban sprawl is no longer according to the developers. the only way is the piano, the shot architect has described his building as a vertical 50, but with ken apartments costing up to $80000000.00 each. it's on like you to solve london's housing shortage. and this is m i 6, which you know from movies to referral is part of a golden generation of british architecture. we've had a profound impact on the cities of the modern world. the will population is rising and rising in a phenomenal rate. and most those will be overnights. so place making through cities, i'm being proud of your city and making recognizable architecture. i think it's happening all over the world. and i lost that does lead to mistakes and, and to inappropriate tall buildings. there's a lot to be said from the tall building. the tall buildings of new york creates the busy pavement, the busy sidewalks. it's not just tall buildings, so it's density. and that's why you get s

london is a global epicentre. _ is london doing wrong? london is a global epicentre. travel _ is london doing wrong? london is a global epicentre. travel has - is london doing wrong? london is a global epicentre. travel has been . global epicentre. travel has been back to widespread levels, so large numbers of people coming in and out, but a huge and diverse population, people coming in by public transport into the middle of london, workplaces and hospitality has been back towards normal levels, and all of those opportunities are therefore mixing and virus spread. together with the fact that unfortunately vaccine levels are pretty low, despite very good uptake, there remains pockets of the population who are not covered, putting all that together means we are at the epicentre within the uk of omicron growth, but of course it is elsewhere, it is everywhere within the uk, and we should expect that growth to be replicated elsewhere. london is one of the hotspots for omicron, where else would be watching for geographically? it is wron: to watching for geographically? it 3

why are the vaccination rates so much lower in london? i think. so much lower in london? i think there is a — so much lower in london? i think there is a mixture _ so much lower in london? i think there is a mixture of _ so much lower in london? i think there is a mixture of reasons. - there is a mixture of reasons. london boroughs have been doing huge amounts of work to talk to people, explain why vaccines are important, and to reduce the hesitancy that people have to come forward. there is a massive campaign at the moment, making sure that there are lots of places where it is easy for people to come forward for a vaccine. walk in clinics, you don't have to have an appointment, you canjust in clinics, you don't have to have an appointment, you can just come and get yourjab, and that will give you more protection particularly against serious illness from the survivors. , ., , ., ., ., survivors. the previous time a ma'or incident was — survivors. the previous time a ma'or incident was declared d survivors. the previous time a ma'or incident was declared it i survivors

an increase — in london in the past week. an increase of— in london in the past week. an increase of 258%. these are eye watering — increase of 258%. these are eye watering number is. i think what all the scientists are now looking for is whether— the scientists are now looking for is whether that storage in cases, how that — is whether that storage in cases, how that transfers into hospitalisations and this question around _ hospitalisations and this question around the severity of omicron because — around the severity of omicron because there is some hope out there that it _ because there is some hope out there that it is _ because there is some hope out there that it is milder, but even if it is mild _ that it is milder, but even if it is mild and — that it is milder, but even if it is mild and leads to 1% of this fast title wave — mild and leads to 1% of this fast title wave of new cases, that wealth still mean _ title wave of new cases, that wealth still mean hospitals in london being overwhelmed that many thousands of cases that _ overwhelmed that man

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jean mackenzie in central london for us. i think we can show you a shot of the london skyline as the city and the u.k. gets ready to mark the arrival of 2022. the advice to people in england is to stay in well ventilated places or outside if they can, to use the lateral flow test, and of course, the rules are different in england from the other u.k. nations where there are tougher restrictions in place. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da-da ♪♪ captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: covid surge. new cases soar, breaking pande

.— streets and in places like this across london. “ , ., ., across london. a15-year-old boy has been arrested _ across london. a15-year-old boy has been arrested on _ across london. a15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion _ across london. a15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of - across london. a15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of and . been arrested on suspicion of and taken to a south london police station where he remains in custody. in the aftermath of the grenfell tower fire in 2017, dangerous cladding was found on thousands of high rise buildings around the world. some countries like australia took rapid action. in the state of victoria a task force was set up three weeks after grenfell to find out how many buildings were unsafe and a tax on construction firms has helped to pay for the work needed. here in the uk, there are no official figures on how many residential blocks are wrapped in dangerous materials and the government�*s cladding fund only covers buildings above a certain height. australia had an early warnin

tom symonds, bbc news, west london. in south africa, thousands of people have been waiting in line to pay their final respects to the late archbishop desmond, tutu, whose body is lying in state for a second day, ahead of the state funeral tomorrow. the archbishop, who played a leading role in the battle against racial segregation and the apartheid regime, died on sunday at the age of 90. this report is from our south africa correspondent, nomsa maseko, in cape town. the clergy, anglican churchwardens and a marching band lining the streets as a guard of honour for archbishop desmond tutu. the outspoken priest who became one of the world's great moral voices lying in state for a second day in a plain, pinewood coffin, in accordance with his wishes. thousands of people have been flocking to st george's cathedral to pay their last respects. one man hitchhiked for more than 1,000 kilometres just for this moment. it's a memory that i will live for for the rest of my life and ijust hope, as he said, in his words, he said, sout

al jazeera niece barker reports now from london. ah, turbo chosing england's booster drive. chelsea football clubs, home ground, stanford bridge has become a makeshift vaccine hub. only cons now dominant to the british capital. this is a race against time to protect people from serious illness and sake of the national health service and businesses bracing for new restrictions. it's really important and london as understand how serious things are. the best thing on this can do is to get both vaccines and the booster. they provide extra layers of protection. the really bad news is those in hospital, the vast, vast majority unvaccinated. that's why it's so important to get both the vaccines and the boost. the job with case is doubling every 2 days. health experts warm the vaccination effort. nice to reach people who haven't had a single dose. that's an estimated one point. 3000000 in london. many millions more across the country analysis shows poor a younger a more ethnically diverse communities. our lease protected the more people aga

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it's really important londoners understand how serious things are. the best thing londoners can do is to get both vaccines and the booster, they provide extra layers of protection. football stadiums and shopping centres are among nearly 3,000 venues in england offering booster jabs this weekend. some are open round—the—clock. a 27—year—old woman arrested after a fire at sutton in south london, in which four young boys died, has been bailed. six of this weekend's premier league games have been postponed because of covid outbreaks at clubs. only one match will be played in the top—flight today — that's leeds united v arsenal. good afternoon. there's a warning that tougher covid restrictions may need to be brought in "very soon" in england — to avoid hospital admissions potentially peaking at around 3,000 a day, as cases of the 0micron variant surge. the comments appear in leaked minutes from a meeting of the government's scientific advisory group for emergencies. leading infectious diseases expert, professor neil ferguson, says the situat

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it's really important londoners understand how serious things are. the best thing londoners can do is to get both vaccines and the booster, they provide extra layers of protection. football stadiums and shopping centres are among nearly 3000 venues in england offering boosterjabs this weekend — some are open round—the—clock. a woman arrested after a fire at sutton in south london, in which four young boys died, has been bailed. the 27—year—old, who was arrested on suspicion of child neglect, will return to a south london police station in mid—january. aston villa's match against burnley is the latest premier league game to be postponed due to coronavirus. that leaves just one match due to take place in the premier league today — with leeds united facing arsenal. and, after a] 0dudu bows out of tonight's strictly final, will it be rose and giovanni orjohn and johannes who win the glitterball trophy? good afternoon. there's a warning that tougher covid restrictions may need to be brought in "very soon" in england to avoid hospital admissi

london. every day, there were 383 staff before christmas off work because of covid—19. that was up 43% on the previous week. that eight to 10% of staff that are now off every day because of covid—19. that is concerning because there are high numbers as well in sheffield, bath and like i say, this is what they are concerned about, and there were calls yesterday to give priority access to nhs staff a lateral flow tests, there has been some concern that they have to access the tests the same way as the general public and there are some calls for them to be given priority access because if they are self—isolating due to household contacts, they need to get back to work quickly with their stats. ~ . . . back to work quickly with their stats. ~ . u, , back to work quickly with their stats. . ., stats. what can those hospitals do to deal with _ stats. what can those hospitals do to deal with absences? _ stats. what can those hospitals do i to deal with absences? presumably, there are not peopl

that was the mayor of london, sadiq khan. jean mackenzie is in trafalgar square.in central so, the mayor telling us a bit about what we can expect tonight. yeah as we've been — what we can expect tonight. yeah as we've been hearing, _ what we can expect tonight. yeah as we've been hearing, for— what we can expect tonight. yeah as we've been hearing, for the - what we can expect tonight. yeah as we've been hearing, for the second. we've been hearing, for the second yearin we've been hearing, for the second year in a row, the huge public fireworks display on the river thames has been cancelled. the plan instead was to have a more intimate celebration here in trafalgar square, a party for key workers and members of the public but ultimately the omicron cases started to go up and the mayor of london sadiq khan decided that this was also too risky so they cancelled that and they've closed the whole of trafalgar square off to stop people even being able to congregate here and instead they are holding a light show that is going

i shot it till some pill in london. thanks very much. france isn't the only country in europe bracing for a new wave as infections across the continent turn. governments are introducing restrictions such as limiting opening times for restaurants. pumps and venues vaccinated children is another measure authority, the taking to reduce the severity of infections. a quake. pinch, and it was all done. it was with i had these kids in denmark i getting vaccinated against coven. 19 i say full. i got the job because of the new corona variant. and i don't want to be so sick that i can't eat dinner with. everybody on a cron is spreading at a fast speed and denmark. infection rates, i eating daily record hiv pushing more and more parents to get their children jabbed to slow the spread of the virus. the danish government has announced that cinema theatres and concert halls will be closed. restaurant opening hours will also be restricted in neighboring germany. the health minister has raised the alarm. alecia fun and i'm, i'm assumin

this was the scene at london's eurostar late on friday as britons rushed to try to get over to france before it closed its borders to uk passport holders. the french government has banned major public parties and fireworks displays on new year's eve and the army has been brought in to help with the boosterjabs and ministers have approved the use of vaccinations for children from the age of five. record numbers of new cases in denmark have brought restrictions on restaurant opening hours, too, and cinemas, theatres and concert halls are closing. in switzerland, from monday, you will have to show proof of vaccination or recovery from covid to be allowed into restaurants or a negative test result to get into bars or nightclubs. the german government is warning that the next wave will be a massive challenge for its hospitals and society as a whole and has banned unvaccinated people from restaurants and nonessential commerce. french and danish travellers who have not been vaccinated will now have to quarantine on arrival in germany. with health care systems across europe under strain, the

it's really important londoners understand how serious things are. the best thing londoners can do is to get both vaccines and the booster. they provide extra layers of protection. the really bad news is those in hospital — the vast, vast majority are unvaccinated. that's why it's so important to get the vaccines and the booster jab. the british prime minister, borisjohnson has been dealt another blow, just days after the conservatives were beaten in a by—election, with the resignation of the brexit minister lord frost. he said he was stepping down with immediate effect after becoming concerned at covid restrictions and tax rises. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas reports. this resignation of lord frost is without doubt another blow to borisjohnson, delivered right at the time the prime minister is at his weakest since coming to office. lord frost, a one—time diplomat, was brought in to negotiate boris johnson's brexit deal. he sparred with michel barnier, shuttling back and forth to brussels. it helped mrjohnson secure the suppor

jean mackenzie in london. the scottish capital edinburgh normally marks the new year with its traditional hogmanay celebrations. earlier, our scotland correspondent, james shaw, outlined the changes taking place this year. if i've been standing in this location alongside edinburgh castle two years ago, you would've seen a huge display of fireworks set off at midnight. a spectacular display, physical all around the city. —— visible. look at how desolate this scene is now. nobody here at all. it is possible that people may turn up later on. that's happened last year when there were strict controls in place. peoplejust come when there were strict controls in place. people just come to this castle to celebrate in an informal way. people will be celebrating around this city. it looks quite bleak here, but people are out on the streets. you can socialise, although you can only have three households in your group and you have to keep separate from other groups. nightclubs are closed essentially, because dancing i

there are real constraints in london. so much of the land is paved and we are losing more land to paving as people pave over their front driveways and all of that. so we are trying to work against that by putting in place what we call sustainable drainage. that means that when we introduce new shrubs, new trees into our paving, that actually helps slow down the rainfall, so there are things we can do. we are also enhancing our pumps and drainage system so we can get water away more quickly and keep the infrastructure working. lilli matson, thank you forjoining us on this edition of weather world. one of the biggest storms to hit the uk in 2021 came at the end of november, as storm arwen brought damaging winds of up to 98 mph. falling trees caused widespread disruption, with this one narrowly missing a drinker as it crashed into the back of a pub in wales. tens of thousands of trees came down in the worst affected parts of scotland and north—east england and power was lost to more than 200,000 homes. now to some of your

the london paper dispatched a reporter to report on the american war in 1861. but by 1862, the talented and mercurial reporter had become a dead candidated -- dedicated supporter of the confederacy. and the content of london news illustrations accordingly was determined by its correspondent's movement about the southern war front and and home front. in the north, especially new york, was not neglected. thanks to the brush papers long establishment of city-based correspondents. prominent if among them was charles dawson who was credited as the sketch artist the of several 1864 illustrations. he illustrate -- the illustrated london news did not identify any of its draft riot sources, but in light of subsequent works he's a strong cop tender as the artist of the -- contender as the artist of the riot sketches. he certainly needed the work as of july 4th in 1863 following the collapse of "vanity fair" for which he had served as editor. the similarity between the leslies and london news illustrations, in the 1850s and 1860s, it was common for artists to produce more

netherlands calls a snap christmas lockdown with pumps and non essential shops closed for business. london declares a major incident after it says dramatic rise in cases. they're also coming up. hong kong holds a vote under new election laws, but on my candidate, beijing considered to be patriots. are allowed to rom ah, i'm rebecca writ as welcome to the program. governments across europe are struggling to stem. the huge increase in koran vars cases due to the new ami kron variant. the netherlands is the 1st country in europe to reinstate a lockdown, which will last until at least mid january or non essential shops as well as restaurants, bars, cinemas, and theaters are closed as of sunday. meanwhile, the situation in the british capital london is also causing concern the cities mer there, declaring a major incident. health authorities there have reported the highest ever single daily tally of corona virus cases. and more than 26000 a city in crisis mode. lumniss being hit hard by the omi chron variant of the corona virus. it is already overtaken delta, as the dominant strain here, driving

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that's an estimated 1300000 in london. many millions more across the country. analysis shows poor younger a more ethnically diverse communities. our lease protected the more people to get sick. the more critical services could soon be in trouble. there are currently so many staff that won't london hospital troughs through a down we covered and away from work that they've had to drop in extra help from elsewhere. just a man, the hospitals accident and emergency unit. and so that's a possible risk of a certain number of people ending up in hospital suffering with the omicron variant . and the country's national health service could soon be overwhelmed. and it's a darkening pitcher across europe. islands introduced an 8 p m curfew. germany, meanwhile, is designated france, denmark of the u. k. high risk zones, with the possibility of mandatory quarantine for travelers in the french capital. children as young as 5 are now being given a 1st dose of a covey 19 vaccine. the government there is said to be considering making vaccin

london is being monitored closely. it's been at the centre of the outbreak in the uk, with surging cases in some areas driven largely by people in their 20s. hospital admissions have been rising, too. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports from lambeth in south london, which has seen the highest covid rates in the uk. brixton high street in lambeth, currently the borough at the epicentre of the uk's 0micron outbreak. infections here are rocketing. we've got more cases than anywhere in the whole country in lambeth. no way! u nfortu nately. do you know people who've got the infection? yeah, a lot of them. yeah, my cousin, my brother, ourfriends. i don't get frightened easy by stuff, and i know it's i ridiculous, but i feel kind of immune. - i'm probably not. so, just how bad are things? in england last week, there were more than 700 infections per 100,000 people. compare that to london, where the rate was almost 1300 infections, but here in the borough of lambeth in south—west london, that rate was 2500 inf

london breed: thank you, phil. he is one of the most committed san franciscans ensuring we are doing right through our policies, through our funding, and other resources, so we really appreciate you, and thank you for your work. so with that, i think i'll open it up to questions, maggie. all right. questions? yes. [indiscernible] . >> the hon. london breed: so i'll say two things. there's the superintendent that's trying to govern and propose, from my understanding, a reasonable financial plan to address some of the deficit that the school district has, and then, there's a proposal by two of the school board members, and this is part of the problem and why we are introducing this charter amendment because the fact is the one that's introduced by the board members, if that passes, and that is the direction the school board goes into, then sadly, the district goes into phase two of a possible takeover. the last phase is phase three, and then, there's a done deal. the state takes over the schools. so it's clear if it

the mayo the mayor of london, sadiq khan. coronavirus infections in the uk has reached a new record high and pressure on hospitals continues to grow. covid—related absences in acute nhs trusts in england went up by more than 40% during christmas week. an average of more than 25,000 health workers were off sick or isolating each day. london was again the worst hit, with about 4% of staff in acute trusts absent, up by nearly 60% on the week before. 0ur health correspondent anna collinson reports. while most of us are looking forward to celebrating this new year's eve, it's a different story for nhs workers, with winter pressures intensifying, made worse by staff sickness. the staff that are at work will be caring for more patients, trying to do more to cover for their missing colleagues, working extra hours, starting early, finishing late. the pressure will be immense. staff absences are already leading to cancelled appointments and longer waiting times. now, new data shows more than 25,000 hospital staff in england were abse

even julian songs in london, et cetera. and we're going to talk about those reports a little bit later, i know as well because max blumenthal has also done stories on the same thing. first i thought to bring you in, nov melva, can you claim the legal side of this ruling for us? because this wasn't about whether what sounds did was legal or not, right? this was about american assurances of how he would be treated. should he be extradited and convicted? yes, absolutely. and so, you know, obviously to this is a very disappointing decision, but it's by and large confirms the conclusions and observations of my official investigation of this case for the past 2 and a half years as independent. you and experts that this really is not about the law . this is not about a legitimate prosecution. it actually is a politically motivated persecution of an inconvenient truth teller to put it simply. anyone can find that ok if the u. n. can come to that, that finding then why has the court found something different? well, what we can see h

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ah, mister cheer on the streets of london. once again bringing hollow, shops and hospitality may all be open. christmas party still allowed to go ahead as planned, but covert is casting its dark shadow as the days ahead. is experts warm, the omicron tidal wave is coming and it's coming at a phenomenal pace. what we know is that it reproduces very, very fast. um, a week ago, a school, so we said it come reproduces every $23.00 days or 3 times a week. i'm putting in very simply that means in one week you get 8 times as many sections 2 weeks, 64 times as many, 3 weeks, 512 times as many says coming at us like an express train. you k is already recording record cove cases with omicron. now the dominant variance here in london resisting calls from some for further restrictions. the government's focusing instead on its booster campaign, resulting in lengthy queues at vaccine sites across the country. obviously though, the kron is growing so rapidly london, and we just wanted to get in as quickly as possible. so many people i thought

it is really important that londoners understand how serious things are. from today, france has banned all non—essential travel from the uk because of concern over the surging 0micron variant. those who are allowed to travel will have to go into quarantine until they get a negative test result. the announcement has thrown france's tourism industry into disarray during the christmas season. portugal has become the latest european country to start vaccinating its young children. those aged between 9 and 11 are being jabbed over this weekend. five—to—nine year olds are scheduled to be vaccinated from next weekend. greece, spain, italy and hungary are alreadyjabbing under—12s and denmark also began this week. the french health authority is also expected to give the green light next week to begin its child vaccination campaign. a woman arrested on suspicion of child neglect, as part of an investigation into the death of four children in a fire, has been bailed. firefighters had rescued two sets of twin boys from the house in sutton on thursday but they